The Identity Journal - Kendall Laughlin, Jr.

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Being a Disciple During Suffering
We Can All Be Disciples

Being a Disciple During Suffering

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Kendall Laughlin
Feb 06, 2024
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Key Passage

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

John 9:1-7

Devotional

How can we be disciples during suffering today? Many of us will go through a healing journey, as we read in John 9. God still heals, restores, and rescues us supernaturally today. However, we also experience trouble and heartbreak in this world. What about then? Paul gives us a key in the book of Romans.

Not only so,…

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